ID 1308437
Lot 175 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Seated Figure on Square Steps
bronze with a dark brown patina
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1957 and cast in an edition of 13, plus an artist's cast.
Cast circa 1958-61 by Fiorini Foundry, London.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Margretta Austin Jamison circa 1960, and by descent to the previous owner.
Their sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 311, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 82, no. 415.
R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 360, no. 553, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, pp. 36-37, no. 436, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Henry Moore: an exhibition of sculpture from 1950-1960, November - December 1960, no. 51, another cast exhibited.
Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 71, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, June - September 2001; and Washington, D.C., October 2001 - January 2002.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Henry Moore: rétrospective, July - November 2002, no. 143, another cast exhibited.
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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